The Devil’s Blessing (3)
Ryu Han-bin had been struggling quite a bit to control his power.
After he got the Maxbrid’s Martial Art Book, he increased his overall ability even further.
Still, the art alone wasn’t enough to teach him how to overpower the opponent without killing it.
In the first place, he wasn’t very sensible.
When he was in the Rocky Mountain, the Guideline often gave him a message stating, ‘You don’t have talent!’
He had gotten pretty used to controlling his power, but whether his foes would have a fine corpse, separated bones and flesh, or a completely bloody mush, all fell to the difference in level.
Regardless, the result always ended in their deaths.
Overpowering the enemy while keeping them alive was a lot more complicated than the other option for him.
He couldn’t just eliminate all the enemies he met and walk on their blood.
To that problem, Effir offered a clear answer.
“If it’s for non-lethal use, use a wrestling principle. Aim for their joints.”
existed in Maxbrid Martial Art, which pursued the ‘battle law of the wielder of the sword.’
After pushing away and tackling the enemy with a sword, wrestling against them was considered swordsmanship by the Maxbrid Martial Art.
“It is the safest way to keep the enemy alive. Just grab them and break their limbs.”
Han-bin felt shaken.
“It would be difficult to keep them sane with such wounds. It seems a little too much for suppression…”
“It’s still better than dying, right?”
“Well, first of all, I see that the standard of safety here is very different from Earth’s.”
In a world where cutting people’s limbs was a common practice, that would be safe.
Effir shrugged.
“Speaking of which, let’s practice together. You can’t practice it without an opponent.”
* * *
Ryu Han-bin stared at Zhang Luxin.
‘It was difficult to get closer because of the many eyes watching us.’
Thanks to the flame barrier, he could finally block all of his enemy’s attacks using nothing but his body.
Through that, he would be able to get the opportunity he needed to get closer to him.
“Ugh, motherfucker!”
As he got up again, Zhang Luxin cursed.
He picked up the broken scimitar again.
Boong!
The pitch-black blade sprang up and completed the missing parts by itself.
“Taaaats!”
Along with a roar, Zhang Luxin swung the scimitar in the air.
Each time he used the sword, a dark arrow was created and flung towards Ryu Han-bin.
Hanbin didn’t try to avoid them.
Instead, he simply engaged his whole body and bumped into them!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ignoring the explosions, he approached his opponent.
Like a windmill, he threw his sword at him, causing it to spin as it charged towards Zhang Luxin.
‘Like this!’
Zhang Luxin twisted his body to avoid the certain death coming for him from overhead.
“Take it!”
With Han-bin’s cry, the black greatsword changed its orbit and stretched horizontally.
Having no means of escaping it, Zhang Luxin made a shield using the darkness.
Bwaang!
Though the shield was smashed completely, it managed to deflect the greatsword away.
Zhang Luxin smiled with confidence.
‘I stopped it!’
But it soon disappeared.
The only thing that bounced off was the greatsword.
He couldn’t see the gigantic man anywhere.
“Huh?”
After throwing away his sword, he charged forward.
As the opponent focused on the greatsword, he executed a magnificent tackle.
He pushed Zhang Luxin’s body down with his entire weight, maneuvered his way to his opponent’s back, grabbed his head, and disturbed his balance.
“Uh, uurgh?”
Han-bin wrapped something thick around the confused Zhang Luxin’s neck.
It was his forearm.
He had positioned himself at his foe’s back, putting him in a chokehold.
“I got you, you bastard!”
Han-bin laughed and began to contract muscles.
Zhang Luxin groaned.
“Ugh, huh!”
‘Come on, faint!’
He remained conscious, however, never fainting for even 10 seconds.
‘Did I execute it improperly?’
His technique wasn’t exactly wrong.
Bare-handed, rear-naked choke was a very simple yet powerful technique. It was easy to do once the enemy had been roughed up.
But it was difficult to make it work on him.
The darkness served as Zhang Luxin’s armor, protecting his neck from being crushed or being constrained.
It was like hanging a person with a cast around his neck.
Even though it was causing him pain, it wasn’t enough to prevent air from entering his lungs.
Still, it was enough to make Zhang Luxin struggle.
“Let me go!”
A black tornado emerged around him and hit Han-bin.
“Huh!”
Ryu Han-bin did not back down.
He crushed the attack with his bare body and made an aggressive move.
“You think I’ll let you go?’
He clenched his teeth and took another stance.
After digging into the opponent’s lower body like a snake, he suppressed his hamstrings, pulled on his heels, and bent his knees in reverse!
Crunch!
His leg broke in the blow, causing a painful cracking sound to emit from Zhang Luxin’s body.
Unable to bear it, he let out a scream.
“Ahhhhhh!”
* * *
Stumbling, Zhang Luxin sat down on the floor and groaned.
“Ah…Ah…”
He was about to tear up with excruciating pain.
His fighting spirit had disappeared completely.
He just stared up at the giant in front of him and ground his teeth.
“Damn, you’re only a Level 5. How come you got a good item…”
Han-bin Ryu laughed.
‘Aren’t you talking about yourself?’
Didn’t he just go on a rampage with a new power unfit for a level 21?
Regardless, he still got satisfactory results from it.
He didn’t kill the opponent but rather just incapacitated him for combat.
‘I have to finish this.’
But he wasn’t in a hurry.
Looking at the defeated opponent, he moved slowly.
He appeared relaxed yet powerful beyond belief.
Zhang Luxin turned pale with fear.
“U-uuugh…”
The real reason Han-bin moved slowly wasn’t to put on a show but to prepare for any possible counterattacks, but his opponent wasn’t aware of that.
Zhang Luxin looked around frantically.
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